The Seven Years War (1756-63)
Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war
Encampment at Jäger Krug, 1757
Nro X. Le Camp du Jäger Krug du 3.e Juin
1757 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: 1:39,600 approx. | RCIN 732201.k
A map of the encampment of George II's German troops at Jäger Krug, 3 June 1757. Seven Years War (1756-63). Oriented with north-west to top.
The distance between the camps at Neuhaus and Jäger Krug is about 20 km or 12 miles. The tiny settlement of Jäger Krug does not appear on the map today; the co-ordinates are those for the nearby settlement of Stukenbrock which is marked on the map.
The encamped squadrons and battalions of the following regiments were: First Line: Bock; Hardenberg; Zandré; Zastrow Col:; Hanau; Pr: Anhalt; Reg: du Corps; Dragons du Corps; Oberg. Second Line: Prince Guilleaume; Comte Isenburg; Pr: Charle; Mansbach; Haudring; Saxe Gothe; Post; Ledebur; Heimburg; Parc d'art: Hannovr.; Parc d'Artillerie Hessois.
The scale to the map, and the key to the conventional signs used to represent the troops is given on RCIN 732201.ai, headed 'Remarques'. The troop rectangles are coloured according to nationality: Hanoverian (red), Prussian (green), Brunswickian (yellow), Hessian (blue), French (lilac).
This map is the bottom map of two maps drawn on the same sheet of paper. For the top map, see RCIN 732201.j.
In: LA CAMPAGNE EN ALLEMAGNE 1757. For more information on this volume, see RCINs 732200 and 732201.
Georg Josua du Plat (1722-95) (surveyor and draughtsman)
Watermark: C & I HONIG
Condition: no fold lines
Scale: 1:39,600 approx. [Scale statement is on RCIN 732201.ai:] Scale bar: Echelle d’une heure de chemin, pour tous les Plans de ce Receuil. Une heure de Chemin 6000. pas Communs. [123 mm =].
12.9 x 21.1 cm (neatline)
16.9 x 21.1 cm (image)
36.8 x 24.0 cm (page dimensions)
Manuscript title:
Nro X. Le Camp du Jäger Krug du 3.e Juin. [top left, the map number is in a small rococo cartouche]
Annotations:
None
George III catalogue entry:
Encampment La Campagne 1757 de l’Armée de Sa Majesté Britannique en Allemagne: par le Lieut. Col. G.J. du Plat. MS. Fol. [The same entry appears under the heading Germany.]
Subject(s)
Stukenbrock, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (51°54'41"N 08°39'21"E)
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